Alaska was sold to the United States by the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million.

There is a Russian Professor who still holds on to the hope that Alaska will again be part of Russia. He has been pessimistic about the USA for over a decade:

Prof. Panarin, 50 years old, is not a fringe figure. A former KGB analyst, he is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s academy for future diplomats. He…appears in the media as an expert on U.S.-Russia relations…“There’s a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur,” he says…he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces — with Alaska reverting to Russian control. (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html)

Now, while I do not believe that it is possible for the USA to fall apart by the end of 2010 and have part of it become part of Russia, the Bible is clear that the lands of the “strongest fortresses” (the USA) will “be divided” (Daniel 11:39).

11 months ago, notice what he reportedly stated about President Obama:

“Obama is “the president of hope”, but in a year there won’t be any hope,” said Panarin. “He’s practically another Gorbachev – he likes to talk but hasn’t really managed to do anything. Gorbachev at least had been a secretary of a regional communist party administration, whereas Obama was just a social worker. His mentality is totally different. He’s a nice person and talks nicely – but he’s not a leader and will take America to a crash. When Americans understand that – it will be like a bomb explosion.” (http://www.infowars.com/russian-professor-collapse-of-america-could-begin-in-two-months/)

But my point in bringing out the Russian professor’s comments is simply to make it clear that there are those who come from a non-Church of God perspective see the USA in danger and expect the USA to be divided as well.

In addition to various biblical prophecies (Daniel 11:39; Lamentations 4:16; Joel 3:2-3; Amos 7:17; Ezekiel 5:1-2,12; 6:8; Ezekiel 22:13-15), there are also several Roman and Orthodox Catholic prophecies that also seem to believe that the lands of the English-speakers will be divided. The fact that Joseph Stalin wanted to make this happen decades ago, and a current Russian professor has expected it, suggests that these prophecies may have relevance in the 21st century.

BTW, Professor Panarin believes that Southern California will also be taken over–and he has suggested several groups that may end up with it.

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